# Scouting outside unit **URL:** \ **Category:** My Scouting Tools\ **Created:** [August 1, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844 "2021-08-01T01:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EricFriedl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@EricFriedl](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/EricFriedl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 1:19am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844/1 "2021-08-01T01:19:47Z")
I have a Scout that recently completed a Philmont trek. How can I credit his nights and miles? ---
**Author:** ![Stephen\_Hornak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/stephen_hornak/32/16282_2.png) [@Stephen\_Hornak](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Stephen_Hornak)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844/2 "2021-08-01T01:22:59Z")
@EricFriedl - this may help > **[How Do I Record a Unit Activity Using Internet Advancement (IA) - Scoutbook...](https://help.scoutbook.scouting.org/knowledge-base/how-do-i-record-a-unit-activity-using-internet-advancement-ia/)** > > Who Can Record Activities? Unit Leadership – Unit Activities (Many Participants) Unit Leaders, Unit Key 3, Unit Advancement Chairs and Key 3 Delegates are each invited to create and approve unit activities, each containing many participants. Reports... ---
**Author:** ![EricFriedl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@EricFriedl](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/EricFriedl)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844/3 "2021-08-01T01:35:03Z")
Ah, yes. I should have mentioned that this was a Council contingent, and not a unit event. ---
**Author:** ![Stephen\_Hornak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/stephen_hornak/32/16282_2.png) [@Stephen\_Hornak](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/Stephen_Hornak)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844/4 "2021-08-01T01:41:45Z")
@EricFriedl - no problem… just use the same method from the roster, select the scout, then record progress and select the camping/hiking and the rest follows. ---
**Author:** ![EricFriedl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@EricFriedl](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/EricFriedl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844/5 "2022-06-14T21:12:13Z")
New question! My son has completed a week at Florida Sea Base. Is there a way to record night spent there? Would this be camping nights? ---
**Author:** ![DonovanMcNeil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/donovanmcneil/32/24_2.png) [@DonovanMcNeil](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/DonovanMcNeil)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844/6 "2022-06-14T21:13:34Z")
Why would the process be any different? ---
**Author:** ![EricFriedl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@EricFriedl](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/EricFriedl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844/7 "2022-06-14T21:18:58Z")
Are nights on a boat considered camping? I have never been able to count on intuitive processes in BSA procedures. Since I seem to have offended, I’ll withdraw the question. ---
**Author:** ![DonovanMcNeil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/donovanmcneil/32/24_2.png) [@DonovanMcNeil](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/DonovanMcNeil)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844/8 "2022-06-14T21:20:14Z")
Well yeah they are - they are just not nights in a tent you have pitched yourself - which only applies for camping merit badge and a handful of other things. No offense, was just confused on your question. ---
**Author:** ![EricFriedl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce7236/32.png) [@EricFriedl](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/EricFriedl)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844/9 "2022-06-14T21:21:17Z")
Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![DonovanMcNeil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/scouting/user_avatar/discussions.scouting.org/donovanmcneil/32/24_2.png) [@DonovanMcNeil](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/DonovanMcNeil)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844/10 "2022-06-14T21:23:28Z")
The Logs for the most part - are personal - just like keeping them in the Scout Handbook. They are then used to validate requirements when needed. ---
**Author:** ![JenniferOlinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@JenniferOlinger](https://discussions.scouting.org/u/JenniferOlinger)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://discussions.scouting.org/t/scouting-outside-unit/244844/11 "2022-06-14T21:41:11Z")
It might count for some things, but not others, depending on the wording of the requirements. For example, Camping merit badge requirement 9 says: “Sleep each night under the sky or in a tent you have pitched. If the camp provides a tent that has already been pitched, you need not pitch your own tent.” The Scout’s camping merit badge counselor might decide to count them as nights of camping for this requirement if the Scout slept on the deck and “under the sky”.